Electron Configuration Practice Worksheet
In the space below, write the unabbreviated electron configurations of the
following elements:
1)
sodium
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2)
iron
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3)
bromine
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4)
barium
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5)
neptunium
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In the space below, write the abbreviated electron configurations of the following
elements:
6)
cobalt
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7)
silver
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8)
tellurium
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9)
radium
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10)
lawrencium ________________________________________________
Determine what elements are denoted by the following electron configurations:
11)
1s22s22p63s23p4 ____________________
12)
1s22s22p63s23p64s23d104p65s1 ____________________
13)
[Kr] 5s24d105p3 ____________________
14)
[Xe] 6s24f145d6 ____________________
15)
[Rn] 7s25f11 ____________________
Determine which of the following electron configurations are not valid:
16)
1s22s22p63s23p64s24d104p5 ____________________
17)
1s22s22p63s33d5 ____________________
18)
[Ra] 7s25f8 ____________________
19)
[Kr] 5s24d105p5 ____________________
20)
[Xe] ____________________
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Electron Configurations - Solutions
Note: The electron configurations in this worksheet assume that lanthanum (La)
is the first element in the 4f block and that actinium (Ac) is the first element in the
5f block. If your periodic table doesn’t agree with this, your answers for elements
near the f-orbitals may be slightly different.
1)
sodium
1s22s22p63s1
2)
iron
1s22s22p63s23p64s23d6
3)
bromine
1s22s22p63s23p64s23d104p5
4)
barium
1s22s22p63s23p64s23d104p65s24d105p66s2
5)
neptunium
1s22s22p63s23p64s23d104p65s24d105p66s24f145d106p67s25f5
6)
cobalt
[Ar] 4s23d7
7)
silver
[Kr] 5s24d9
8)
tellurium
[Kr] 5s24d105p4
9)
radium
[Rn] 7s2
10)
lawrencium [Rn] 7s25f146d1
11)
1s22s22p63s23p4 sulfur
12)
1s22s22p63s23p64s23d104p65s1 rubidium
13)
[Kr] 5s24d105p3 antimony
14)
[Xe] 6s24f145d6 osmium
15)
[Rn] 7s25f11 einsteinium
16)
1s22s22p63s23p64s24d104p5 not valid (take a look at “4d”)
17)
1s22s22p63s33d5 not valid (3p comes after 3s)
18)
[Ra] 7s25f8 not valid (radium isn’t a noble gas)
19)
[Kr] 5s24d105p5 valid
20)
[Xe] not valid (an element can’t be its own electron configuration)
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